98 Seventy Tears a Master, 



in the field with judicious council, applaud his 

 virtues, and check his faults (at the right 

 time), then the fox -hound is capable of an 

 affection which in its single-purposed fidelity 

 might shame the heart of man. 



*' The most dangerous thing, when in in- 

 judicious hands, is the whip, and I believe 

 there is not one man in ten fit to be trusted 

 with it both in the kennel and out. Where 

 one fault is whipped out of a hound forty or 

 more are likely to be whipped in, and I am 

 thoroughly convinced that twenty hounds are 

 spoilt where two are benefited by indiscriminate 

 severity. Have a kind word for each hound, 

 treat them to a little language they understand, 

 and you will find that attentions of this sort 

 attach hounds more quickly to their huntsmen 

 than any general rule or labour, and on the love 

 of a hound to his huntsmen, and on the faith 

 which each hound has on receiving sure assist- 

 ance from him under all difficulties, mainly de- 

 pends the quickness of the work in wood or field. 

 It is as requisite for the perfections of sport to 

 establish a mutual and generous confidence 



